The novice mathematician’s encounter with mathematical abstraction: tensions in concept-image construction and formalisation

Mathematics is defined as an abstract way of thinking. Abstraction ranks among the least accessible mental activities. In an educational context the encounter with mathematical abstraction is the crucial step of the transition from informal school mathematics to the formalism of university mathemati...

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Main Author: Nardi, E
Other Authors: Jaworski, B
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 1996
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